ladies,
this recipe came from the grandmother of one of my parents' college friends. she's only been referred to as nana. she named the recipe "strawberry pretzel dessert." i'm going to rename it "nana's strawberry surprise."
here we go:
for the crust
2 cups crushed pretzels (chunky)
3/4 cup oleo (i used 1/2 C smart balance and 1/4 C real butter and it worked well)
3 tablespoons sugar
mix the ingredients together and press into a 9 x 13 pan. bake @ 375 for 8-10min. let cool
for the rest
8 oz. cream cheese
1 cup sugar
9 oz. cool whip
6 oz. strawberry jello
2 cups boiling water
2 10 oz. packages of frozen strawberries.
blend the cream cheese and sugar until smooth and a little fluffy looking - fold in the cool whip. spread over the pretzel crust
dissolve the jello into the 2 cups of boiling water. stir in the frozen strawberries. let sit for 10 minutes and pour over the cream cheese mixture.
refrigerate until set - but ideally, overnight.
i know, i know. you're thinking, "where's the surprise? you can't call it nana's strawberry surprise without a surprise ingredient." yeah, i know. the surprise is how delicious the pretzel crust turns out. really delicious.
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i could've sworn we already had a recipe for this iconic dessert, but i guess not. c-o-w?! wouldn't be complete without this picnic favorite. i can't wait to make it...as soon as it's really hot out and i stop getting sick every other week. seriously. i'm sick again. mono?
oh, i hope not. i tried to check, but i might not have done it well. you're sick again?! go to a freakin doctor.
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